Episode notes
I am joined in this podcast by Holly Frances to discuss her experience of Guillain Barre syndrome as she narrated in her illness memoir titled Life Support: Surviving Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Holly is a mother in a blended family of five, and the face behind Holly After GBS on social media, where her recovery videos have inspired millions of people around the world.
Our conversation traced Holly’s illness from onset with mild sensory symptoms through to complete paralysis within a short time. Importantly, she highlighted less appreciated symptoms of the disease that she experienced, particularly neck pain, a major early symptom that initially indicated a different diagnosis, and which exacerbated and spread as her illness progressed.
Holly chronicled how her weakness progressed rather rapidly to complete paralysis and requirement for ...